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It’s a modern mystery: with all of the helpful gadgets we have, we should have more free time than ever, yet actually, the opposite is true. Perhaps it’s because we have to spend more time driving to work than people did in the past, or perhaps it’s because smartphones have led to an always-on culture that can make you feel like you’re kind of at work even when you’re out of the office.
Whatever it is, the result is that many of us perceive that we have less free time than ever. You can’t magically shorten your commute, but there are things you can do that’ll give you more free time at home once your workday has finished. A few simple strategies might help you gain multiple hours of leisure time every single week.
Get Smart About Meals
It’s sometimes nice to spend an hour or two cooking up a delicious meal, but being in the kitchen is also sometimes the last thing that you want to do, especially after a long day at work. One way to get around this issue without either going hungry or relying on fast food is to spend some time batch cooking meals and storing them in your freezer. You can get an entire week’s worth of meals from just a couple of hours’ worth of work. It requires a bit of effort, but you’ll thank yourself when you arrive home after a busy day and all you need to do is heat up the food.
Hire a Cleaner
Everyone wants to have a clean home. But here’s the thing: while you absolutely want to have a clean home, no law says that it has to be you who cleans it. Hiring a cleaner offers a convenient and, as Sparkly Maid points out, affordable way to keep your property looking its best without you having to lift a finger. If hiring a cleaner isn’t an option, then you can optimize your cleaning by spending ten minutes a day wiping down surfaces and tidying things up — you’ll still need to spend some time cleaning, but it’ll feel a lot more manageable than spending 2 – 3 hours tidying up because things got a little out of hand.
Get Your Groceries Delivered
If you are like most Americans, you need to get behind the wheel and drive a few miles to go grocery shopping, then it’s possible that you’re spending a lot more time than you’d like ensuring your fridge is full. One convenient way to get around this is to have your groceries delivered. All you’ll need to do is make your order and wait for the food to turn up — and just like that, you’ll have saved yourself plenty of time, which you can then use to spend time with family, catch up on TV shows, or enoy your hobbies…whatever they may be!
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